The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board will begin examining options to draw more federal funding to its programs serving people with intellectual disabilities.

The recommendation came out of a review of the CSB’s program by an independent consultant, TransCen, that the county hired to help find long-term solutions to the CSB’s budget challenges.

TransCen reviewed the CSB’s employment program and day support services for people with intellectual disabilities. They interviewed staff, interviewed stakeholders and looked at how these types of services are provided in other states.

The consultant made four recommendations, two of which were aimed at leveraging more federal funds to enable the CSB to expand its services.

This would involve using local matching funds for federal dollars, something county supervisors are a little reticent about. The county has often asked the state to expand funding for these services.